RAF name the A400M....

Steyr

Just seen thru the wires that the RAF will name their A440M the Atlas.

Interesting name.

v300

And sounds nothing like Hercules.....

globemaster1986

Why not stick with Grizzly? Sounds better than Atlas anyway!

Tenger

Steyr wrote: »

Just seen thru the wires that the RAF will name their A440M the Atlas.

Strange that Airbus didn't name it themselves. As a civil airliner company I would have thought the marketing side of things would be a bit more aggressive.


Just looked at wikipedia (airbus A440M) and the top pic has this caption
"The second prototype A400M, Grizzly 2, at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow"


Yes, I like Grizzly, Atlas is so 1960s. Grizzly is in the same vein as Raptor. (Also lets them use Kodiak for the stretched version or future C-5M/C-17A competitor!)

On a similar topic:
wish they had of gone with something simialr with the F-35, Lightening II doesn't really roll off the tongue does it?

globemaster1986

Tenger wrote: »

Strange that Airbus didn't name it themselves. As a civil airliner company I would have thought the marketing side of things would be a bit more aggressive.

They did, they called it A400M Grizzly!

EchoIndia

Steyr wrote: »

Just seen thru the wires that the RAF will name their A440M the Atlas.

Interesting name.

This is in the British tradition of choosing appropriate names, sometimes with classical or historical connotations, for military aircraft - think Argosy, Hastings, Lysander. The Americans are altogether less imaginative and seem to favour re-using names from the past - e.g. Texan, Globemaster, Lightning (sic), Thunderbolt etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_military_aircraft_designation_systems

Steyr

v300 wrote: »

And sounds nothing like Hercules.....

Well to be fair LM might have something to say if anybody goes calling another Aircraft a Hercules..:D